What is the safest way to drive on ice?
Find answers to your legal question.
What is the safest way to drive on ice?
|
My area is getting alot of it right now.
|
 
|
Mad Jack
|
SLOW DOWN
Light on the gas. Avoid wheel spin. This only heats your tires, which creates ice, and you get less traction.
Start slowing down earlier to stop to avoid skidding. If you don't have ABS, pump the brake pedal if you start to skid.
At least double your normal following distance.
Avoid abrupt steering and quick lane changes. If start to slide sideways, steer into the slide, but avoid abrupt steering and braking. Stay in the lane with the least snow. |
|
Lemar J
|
Slowly, and carefully. Remember, the major problem with ice isn't moving from a dead stop, it's making changes in direction and stopping.
Just respect the fact that ice is slippery and has no respect for you or your vehicle.
Gently apply the gas, gently apply the brakes, and if you have to turn, slow down and take the turn very slowly so you don't spin.
When I first learned to drive on ice and snow, I found a vacant parking lot and skidded around a little bit to see how the car reacted when I did certain things. The I practiced stopping, turning, and starting from a complete stop. Once you get a feel, you should be fine. |
|
vlad III the impaler
|
walk! |
|
Mike Hunt
|
Your in Dallas too? Slow is the only way to drive safe on ice. Take it from a native Cleveland resident. Stay away from idiots in pickup trucks... they seem to think that because they can accelerate faster, they can stop on ice faster which of course is absurd. |
|
Lance
|
DON'T.......
If that fails.....SLOW. |
|
harrytoe
 |
Slow and Easy dont push the breaks or the gas... just coast.... Good luck try not to crash out just dont panic if you slide... |
|
kny390
|
The safest way is not to drive on it if you can help it. They will salt the roads soon and make it more drivable. If you must, leave extra space between you and the car ahead of you, drive slower, steer into the slide and then correct, don't stomp on the brakes, and don't loose patience with the slower traffic. |
|
cliff1224
 |
Just go slow and lightly touch the brakes when you have to stop. I live in northern NY on the Canadian border, we snow and ice almost everyday in the winter. Snow tires are a joke don't waste the money. A GOOD all season tire is all you need. If you feel that they aren't good enough then have them studded. Don't use chains they will tear your car up. Cars are not made for that kind of vibration. |
|
ryan c
 |
Drive slow, put snow tires or chains around your tires for increased grip. Break in advance to avoid slidding. Accelerate slowly. |
|
J
 |
Slowly. If you start to slide don't slam on the brakes. Pumps the brakes gently until you regain control. |
|
katie D
 |
Put Chanes on you tires. |
|
|
|
|
|
 Speed camras? |
| do many people always keep to the speed limit on roads(i mean as posted 30/40mph) or do u drive at a safe speed as to the road condition (ie trafic and surrounding activaty on the road) let me Know ... |
|
 I was driving higher than speed limit that suddenly one of the automatic cameras took a picture of my car!? |
| I guess I will have ticket! my question is will they send the picture of my car with me inside it to my apartment as well? I was with someone who if my family figure out they won't be pleased. ... |
|
 How do I safely leave my car in a garage during Summer? |
I live in Los Angeles.
I'll be leaving my car in my apartment's garage during Summer, during which I'll be in another state.
What's the safest way to leave ... |
|
 Kids & Convertable cars? |
| I have a step-daughter who is nearly 3 years old, my fella drives a convertable car and thinks that it is ok to drive with the roof down when the weather gets better and his daughter is in the car. I ... |
|
| Are Hackney Carriage drivers allowed to not wear seat-belts whilst driving? |
| I work in London, see dozens of cabbies a day and *none* of them ever wear their seat-belt...... |
|
 So this school bus drives by-- am I going to get a ticket? |
So this school bus driver is about to stop, and when he finally breaks, the little red stop sign comes out right?
Well, this morning I was in a daze and I did not notice the sign comming ... |
|
 To save innocent lives do you think it would be a good idea? |
to raise the driving age to 21 and limit all drivers under 25 to no more than 1100cc capacity vehicles, by doing this would save hundreds of lives each year
Additional Details
insurance ... |
|
 Why do old people insist on driving on left side of the road?? |
| I dont mind old people driving slow since I understand that as you get older you lose flexiblity,sight as well as judgement on what to do on a certain situation driving in traffic, but what I dont ... |
|
 Are cars safe? |
| Completly??... |
|
 Do you think cell phones should be banned while driving? |
| Banned alltogether, except in emergencies, not even headsets allowed?... |
|
 Why do people drop their kids off on the yellow zig zag lines outside schools? |
| This also really annoys me (as well as people who drive with no seatbelt and use mobile phones). No respect for other people's kids and the road laws.... |
|
 In the UK -if a cyclist dismounts to use a pedestrian crossing,is s/he deemed to be a pedestrian? |
| IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT THE CYCLIST IS STILL'IN CHARGE'OF THE VEHICLE - SO IS STILL A CYCLIST AND HAS NO RIGHT OF WAY? I AM A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR AND WAS ASKED THIS QUESTION BY ONE OF MY PUPI... |
|
| Will the airbag come out when I'm not wearing th safety belt? |
| my brother had a car accident last week(the car capsized), the airbag didn't protect him; it didn't come out, people say because he wasn't wearing the safety belt but I think that it ... |
|
 What do you do if the stoplight never turns green? |
| There is this stoplight near where I live that never turns green at night. I found out that it's actually triggered by oncoming cars in the other lane. But at 12-3 in the morning, there are ... |
|
|
No Spam
Adult 
Gambling
Unfinished
Deception
Plagiarism
Not English
